Tie or bow.



A. H. PRENZEL.

TIE OR BOW. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2; 1911.

1,043,357; Patentemov, 5, 1912.

l7? 19712507! 17-767mm) EPMQEZKZ ADAM H. PIQENZEL, OF HALIFAX,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE 'IO LEOPOLD C. TAPPEY. OF BOSTON, M'ASSACHUSETTS.

TIE OB BOW.

To ciZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ADAM H. PRENZEL, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of The invention consists ina bow adapted to be produced from a great variety of kinds of stock, asleather, of any desired thickness, imitation leather, fabric, etc., thebow being very easily produced and assembled from two pieces of stock,and in a manner to dispense with any need for sewing of the piecestogether,'or for clips, or other tastenings, and with a maximum economyoi" stock required. .f, i

The invention will be more fully under stood from the following detaileddescription in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation showing anillustrative form of one o1 the pieces used in making the bow. Fig. 2 isa similar view of the other piece cooperative therewith. Fig. 3 is aview showing the tie assembled and fastened to a shoe. Fig. 1 is a viewshowing a. modified form of. one of the elements of the bow adapted tobe used as a securing strap, and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3,showing such moditied form applied as a securing strap to a shoe.

In the illustrative embodiment shown, a piece of stock .10 of anydesired material, thickness, and color, is formed with any preferredperipheral conto'ur for ornamental effect and to simulate the ends of atied bow, as shown, or otherwise. This piece has two spaced apart. slits11, 12-, formed transversely therein of av suitable width to receive thetab ends of the other piece. This other piece 1'3, which may likewise beof any preferred color and character or stock, either thesame as that ofthe piece 10 or different, has a central enlarged portion 14 which ismade of a shape to harmonize with the de- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 2, 1911. Serial No. 630,943.

Patented Nov. 5, iota sign of the bow ends as formed on piece 10.- Tabs15, 16 extend oppositely from the central partli r and these are slippedthrough the slits l1, 12 to assemble the bow, and are then sewed, orotherwise fastened down upon the snoe, or other piece of wearingapparel, as clearly shown 1n Fig. 3. The de Vice so assembled is adaptedwith-out material modification to be applied as a strap, and is so shownin Fig. 5, fitted to a shoe. For adaptation to this use the piece 13 hasone or both its tab ends 15, 16 lengthened to the extent required foruse as a securing strap and one of these ends is formed with adetachable fastening means shown as a button hole 17, to receive abutton 18 on the shoe; the other end 15" of the strap may be permanentlysewed, or otherwise fastened, to the other side or" the shoe. It is tobe understood that in practice any desired number of these straps may beplaced side by side along the shoe top for the desired ornamentaleti'ect, and likewise that this particular embodiment of the inventionis well adapted to other articles of wearing apparel, such as belts,pocket-books, neck-ties, and Other articles wherein securing straps,with ornamental effects are in demand. It is further to be understoodthat-the particular form of the invention shown, wherein the member 10carries the major part of the configuration and the member 13 isprimarily the means for securing the bow to the shoe or other article,is merely illustrative,

and that in the practice of the invention either of the members maybesecured to the shoe by its ends or otherwise, and either may carrythemajor portion oi the ornamental design, these changes being merereversals and variations in design. The bow thus formed is securely heldagainst disarrangement without any special fastening devices whateverbetween the twoparts, the amount of stock required is reduced to anabsolute minimum, and owing to the small sizes of the pieces requiredthese can he produced from small odds and ends of otherwise waste stock,involving a low expenditure for material, while these parts can beinstantly assembled together and the complete bow fastened to the partdesired very rapidly and without requiring any skilled labor. Theornamental ettects of the how can be Widely varied, and itsconfiguration modified to any extent desired in conformity with thegeneral design or requirements of the shoe or other garment to which itis applied.

' Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure-by Letters" Patent is: a

1. An article of the kind described, com.-

prising two pieces of stock, one formed to representthe center of a bowand the other the extremities thereof, one of said pieces havingtransverse slits spaced apart at, each side ofits center, and the otherpiece having "an enlarged central portion, and reduced endportionspassedthrough said slits for interlocking engagement, the end portions of oneof said pieces beyond the interfitting point being formed to representthe extremities of a bow, and the end portions of the other pieceadapted to constitute securing tabs and being normally concealed by theextremities of said-first piece, the pieces be-' ing thus interlocked,so that the tie is held assembled without 'separate holding means.

3. An article of the kind described, com-I prising a piece having itsendsformed to -represent the extremities of a bow, and a second piecehaving a central portion formed to represent the center ofthe bow,

and with ends adapted to interlock with said first piece to hold thesame against displacement, said ends being extended to form asecuringstrap, and one end thereof having provision-Ito detachably'interengage' with a fastener.

4. An article of the kind described, com.-

.prising a piece having ends extending to represent the extremities of abow, anda second piece interfitting with said first piece by.interlocking slits and tabs the slits being in one member and the. tabson the other, and said tabs extended to constitute a securing strap, onetab being provided with one portion of a detachable fastening device.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADAM H. PRENZEL.

Witnesses:

- Soo'r'r S. LEIBY L. W. RYAN.

